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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +31649303999 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • silvertony95@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs.Silver Tony <silvertony95@netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:40:25 +0200
Subject: EUROPA LINGO COORDINATOR


WINNING NOTICE
FROM: THE EUROPA LINGO COORDINATOR,

DEAR WINNER,

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "c" DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, theresults of the Category "C" draws of INTERNET EUROPELINGO PROGRAM.We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws.The draws were held prior to your notification. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 4,000,000names/email addresses of individuals and companies from America, Asia, Australia,Africa, Canada, Europe,Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program.

You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 3311/5181-12,with serial number 90-71 drew the lucky numbers 18, 22, 25, 42,31,44 (22), and consequently won in the Category "C".

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of EURO 850.000 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro)in cash, which is the winning payout for Category "C"winners.

This is from the total prize money of £1.7,000.000 shared among the 2 international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your funds are now deposited with A BANK, a reputable BANK, insured in your name. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program.

Please contact your claims officer immediately, to begin your claims process;

Mr. Adrian Lawson
Fidical Agent
EMAIL:silvertony95@netscape.net
PHONE: 0031-649303999

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later than two weeks after the receipt of this mail. After this date,all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification find below your reference and Batch numbers. Note that you are to forward this email along with your phone and address to the agents in your first correspondence with them, whether by email.

REFERENCE NUMBER: GLI/CLOL/CU15-C843213201
BATCH NUMBER: 1944-TH

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Mrs. Silver tony
Lottery Coordinator,

LUCKY WINNER

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